title: [Hypertension in Borrelia infections].
abstract: A patient with severe hypertension caused by Borrelia burgdorferi-encephalitis is reported. The patient recovered from all symptoms following treatment with high dose cefuroxime. The diagnosis was not established until lumbar puncture was performed.
authors.affiliation: Hvidovre Hospital, København, kardiologisk afdeling og infektionsmedicinsk afdeling.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Husum
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Janniche
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eliasen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002444:Cefuroxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002444:Cefuroxime
vernacular_title: Hypertension ved borreliose.